MOAS Engineering Day

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2017.3.7 - lots of good ideas, partners, family k-5, educators get in free, 12-15 tables hands-on, treasure hunt in Root galley - machines, passport - questions > sign-off, take-home with links to resources, 12 staff/volunteers - moas ed, ge volunteers. ? erau, daytona state, high schools
Q: date, engineering design process, support, costs
activities - igew, quilt
handout / passport - simple machines, engineering design process
tinker - small appliances, electronic to disassemble, safety googles * http://savethesounds.info/ sounds to go with
blocks - multiple sets
rockets - auditorium
roller coaster



Community Engineering Day
  • Engineering = Applied Arts & Science
  • Engineering = Arts + Science, Technology, Math
  • Engineering @ MOAS
  • celebrate the big E in STEM
  • awareness - engineering everywhere, benefiting humanity
  • "What problem do you want to solve?"
  • friend-raising for MOAS - kids, parents, teachers * kids summer program

themes
  • Grand Challenges for Engineering in the 21st Century * hands-on activities related to each
  • The Tech Awards - honors innovators from around the world who are applying technology to benefit humanity. The technology used can be either a new invention or an innovative use of an existing technology. * Environment * Education * Young Innovator * Health * Economic Development
  • Simple Machines -
  • there's an app for that...
  • The Way Things Work

partners
  • local engineering business - VMA, NASA
  • education - ERAU, LEGO League, FIRST Robotics / Spruce Creek HS, Aviation program at Atlantic
  • MOAS newsletter, News-Journal, schools

hands-on activity stations - passport, stamp/stickers, take-home lunch bag
  • simple machines
  • spatial visualization
  • treasure hunt - locate items in galleries, QR codes with engineering explanations
  • apps

online resources
  • kids
  • parents
  • educators

​logistics - planning, promotion, set-up, staffing


What's the problem?
  • Ask - community - families, kids, educators, school, colleges, engineering / manufacturing businesses.
  • Imagine -
  • Design, Build -
  • Improve -

That's engineering

Engineering ideas
  • .

Do It
Challenges for you to work on...

News, updates

Learn more...


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